ALSA software amplifier

[Israel Lacerra]

In my case it's not just the movies. Anything I listen is lower than in
Windows (in my 2 computers). All devices are 100% up in alsamixer.

Is there a way to hack alsamixer?? :)

On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 9:43 PM, H.S. <hs.samix at gmail.com> wrote:

> Israel Lacerra wrote:
> > I always wanted this! My laptop and my pc has sound lower in Ubuntu than
> in
> > Windows. Why??
> >
> > Is there a way to turn up the sound??
>
> I have not noticed that some movies are at different average volume. But
> you might be looking at movies which are produced with different
> techniques and volume difference is quite possible.
>
> Which application are you using (totem, gxine, mplayer)? Anyhow, I would
> first try in a terminal
> $> alsamixer
>
> and turn up the volume of the output devices in that GUI (note master
> and pcm volumes).
>
> Next, depending on your hardware, you might want to try
> $> alsamixer -c n
>
> where n is a digit(0,1, ...) denoting the sound card you want to control
> (find out your output sound cards using "aplay -l" command), and turn up
> the output volumes.
>
> If the above doesn't help (it should though), you might want to give
> pulseaudio a shot (though I am not sure if it would you any additional
> benefits regarding the sound levels). PA apparently has an equilizer too.
>
>
>
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